Re: [patch] improve SMP reschedule and idle routines
From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Mon May 16 2005 - 08:46:05 EST
Nick Piggin wrote:
>
> void default_idle(void)
> {
> + local_irq_enable();
> +
Stupid question. Why is this sti() needed?
Interrupts are enabled in start_secondary() before cpu_idle()
call, and they can't be disabled after return from schedule().
The same question applies to poll_idle/mwait_idle.
Oleg.
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